# 치

| 치 | U+CE58, &#52824; HANGUL SYLLABLE CI |
| Composition: | ㅊ + ㅣ |
| ← 칗 [U+CE57] | Hangul Syllables | 칙 → [U+CE59] |
치칙칚칛친칝칞 칟칠칡칢칣칤칥 칦칧침칩칪칫칬 칭칮칯칰칱칲칳 :
| 츼 ← | → 카 |

## Korean
### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕʰi]
* Phonetic hangul: [치]

### Etymology 1

First attested in the Neung'eomgyeong eonhae (楞嚴經諺解 / 능엄경언해), 1461, as Middle Korean 치 (Yale: chi).

#### Dependent noun

치 • (chi)
* (after a time or number of people) -'s worth of
    세 달 치 월급 ― se dal chi wolgeup ― three months' worth of salary
* (dated, derogatory, after an adnominal or determiner) person
    Synonym: 놈 (nom)

### Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 癡 (“foolish, stupid”).

#### Noun

치 • (chi) (hanja 癡)
* (Buddhism) moha, delusion, ignorance

#### Suffix

—치 • (-chi) (hanja 癡)
* someone who is terrible at...
    ‎길 (gil, “road”) + ‎치 (-chi) → ‎길치 (gilchi, “someone with no sense of directions”)
    ‎기계 (gigye, “machine”) + ‎치 (-chi) → ‎기계치 (gigyechi, “someone who is terrible with electronics”)

#### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 癡 for Sino-Korean compounds of 치 (癡, chi).

### Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 齒 (“tooth”).

#### Noun

치 • (chi)
* Only used in 치를 떨다 (chi-reul tteolda) and 치가 떨리다 (chi-ga tteollida).

#### Affix

치 • (chi)
* tooth, teeth

##### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 齒 for Sino-Korean compounds of 치 (齒, chi).

### Etymology 4

Of native Korean origin.

#### Counter

치 • (chi)
* (unit of measure) a chi or Korean inch, traditional unit of length equivalent to about 3.03 cm; nowadays most often used in idiomatic expressions.
    Synonym: 촌(寸) (chon)

##### Derived terms

* 세치 혀 (sechi hyeo, “silver tongue, lip service”, literally “three-inch tongue”)
* 한 치 앞도 모르다 (han chi apdo moreuda, “to not know anything about the future”, literally “to not know what is one inch in front”)

### Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 値 (“value”).

#### Noun

치 • (chi) (hanja 値)
* (mathematics, dated) Synonym of 값 (gap, “value”).

#### Suffix

—치 • (-chi) (hanja 値)
* value
    ‎계산 (gyesan, “calculation”) + ‎치 (-chi) → ‎계산치 (gyesanchi, “calculated value”)
    ‎측정 (cheukjeong, “measurement”) + ‎치 (-chi) → ‎측정치 (cheukjeongchi, “measured value”)

#### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 値 for Sino-Korean compounds of 치 (値, chi).

### Etymology 6

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters, from the Middle Korean reading 치 (Yale: chi). Note that in many cases, the Middle Korean form is not attested and the form is reconstructed based on Middle Chinese and modern Korean correspondences.

#### Syllable

치 • (chi)
* 齒:
    (MC reading: 齒 (MC tsyhiX))
* 熾:
    (MC reading: 熾 (MC tsyhiH))
* 侈:
    (MC reading: 侈 (MC tsyheX))
* 淄:
    (MC reading: 淄)
* 蚩:
    (MC reading: 蚩 (MC tsyhi))
* 卮:
    (MC reading: 卮)
* 哆:
    (MC reading: 哆 (MC tsyheX))
* 寘:
    (MC reading: 寘 (MC tsyeH))
* 巵:
    (MC reading: 巵 (MC tsye))
* 畤:
    (MC reading: 畤 (MC tsyiX|dzyiX|driX))
* 痓:
    (MC reading: 痓 (MC tsyhijH))
* 菑:
    (MC reading: 菑)
* 薙:
    (MC reading: 薙 (MC zijX|drijX|thejH))
* 錙:
    (MC reading: 錙 (MC tsri))
* 阤:
    (MC reading: 阤 (MC drjeX|syeX))
* 鯔:
    (MC reading: 鯔 (MC tsri))
* 鴙:
    (MC reading: 鴙)
* 鴟:
    (MC reading: 鴟 (MC tsyhij))
* 鵄:
    (MC reading: 鵄 (MC tsyhij))

### Etymology 7

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters, from the Middle Korean reading 티 (Yale: thi). In Early Modern Korean, and in the contemporary Pyong'an and Yukjin dialects, these are traditionally still read as 티 (ti).
Note that in many cases, the Middle Korean (or Early Modern or Pyong'an) form is not attested, and the form is reconstructed based on Middle Chinese and modern Korean correspondences.

#### Syllable

치 • (chi)
* 治:
    (MC reading: 治 (MC dri|drijH|driH))
* 置:
    (MC reading: 置 (MC triH))
* 値:
    (MC reading: 値)
* 致:
    (MC reading: 致 (MC trijH))
* 恥:
    (MC reading: 恥 (MC trhiX))
* 稚:
    (MC reading: 稚 (MC drijH))
* 峙:
    (MC reading: 峙 (MC driX))
* 雉:
    (MC reading: 雉 (MC drijX))
* 緻:
    (MC reading: 緻 (MC drijH))
* 馳:
    (MC reading: 馳 (MC drje))
* 痴:
    (MC reading: 痴 (MC trhi))
* 痔:
    (MC reading: 痔 (MC driX))
* 穉:
    (MC reading: 穉)
* 絺:
    (MC reading: 絺 (MC trhij))
* 薙:
    (MC reading: 薙 (MC zijX|drijX|thejH))
* 褫:
    (MC reading: 褫 (MC drje|drjeX|trhjeX|trhiX))
* 豸:
    (MC reading: 豸 (MC drjeX|dreaX))
* 跱:
    (MC reading: 跱 (MC driX))
* 阤:
    (MC reading: 阤 (MC drjeX|syeX))